Scale-beam.



T. W. GATTIS.

SCALE BEAM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. W, 1912.

Patented Jan. 23,1917.

TnoMAs, WI LIAM qA'r'rr claim This however'may be used to weigh anything where a correct Weight is required.

I the accompanying drawing, wherein :Y'

characters designate similar parts, it will be seen that the invention comprises a scale beam Shaving the'usual form of support ing hook 6 pivoted theretointermediate its ends.

; v HII'HTQIIGHEIS, or RADY," TEXA SCALE-BEAilE; I

To all whom it m ay concemi I I l 7 Be it known 'that'I, THOMAS W. 'GATTIIS,

"a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residingat Lohn,in the county of McCulloch and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Im the provision of a scalebeam particularly adapted for use in Weighing bales of cotton,

said beam being constructed for the purpose of ascertainlng any .act1on' over the average weight of the bale;jandto this'end the invention consistsof certain novel'c'onstructions, arrangements and combinatlons of' devices whlchw llbe "fully descrlbed hereinafter and then setforth inthe appended In carrying out the object of the inven thereof are susceptibleto changes indetails and structural arrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment being shown 1n I I before using 30* that theblock 13 may be Figure 1 is aside elevation of the scale beam constructed in accordance'with themvention and showing'a portion of the frame for supporting the-scale platform there from; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail persp'ece companying drawing in which like reference Adjacent the hook 6 is pivoted another depending hook 7 to which'is attached the frame 8 for supporting the platform of' the scale (not shown).

Upon one side ofthe fulcrumed pointof' the scale beam 5 the same isprovided with V II I I I I that the weight 10.is" sustained from-the I y 100 s the graduations '9' Which arefused for the purposeof ascertainingthe exact'vveight of a bale of cotton by means of asolidiscale; weightlO having a hook 111 which i's adapts ed to engage said beam' for, sustaining the weight therefrom; On the other side ofthe fulcrumed pointof thescale beam 5 the same is provided with minute graduations or nonmrrnxzisjsssienonor ONEHALF TO sA- vmw.

Specification of I etters 'l 'atent. iPatentednJan gg 1917 a" 112 anfd adjustablelongitudinally,'upon'this Y Yportioii' "off'the scale beam is'a balancing I ,weight block "13 --which may be constructed I of g any desirable material. "The, block 13.is' provided With a longitudinal opening 1 adapted to receive the scale beam and a' v transverse sightopening' l5' throughfwhich the 'graduations 12 maybe seen. Ataper- .ing indicatinghandlG having a' plurality" of inwardly curved faces extends from the lower horizontal edge, of the sight opening 15'Whereby the exact,v reading may beobvtained upon the scale beam. Extending: throughthe bottom of the block 13 is a set screw '17 which is adapted to engage the under surface of'the scale beam 5 whereby said block may be secured in positionafter being'moved to the desired point.- 1

I t is tofbe understood that the average .a Weight of ,acbale of-cotton is approximately.

five hundred pounds but, often the weight varies as'much as one hundred. or one hunage and it, is thespurpose of this invention to manufacture-the sc'alesand'testthesame moved to a predetermined point uponthe gradu'ation12, at which point the. scale beam 5'wi'll balance. should thebale of cot-,1

tonbe of the average weight, For the pur poseof, informing theruser of the scale" at which-point from theigraduations '12 the block 13' isto be moved inorder to balance: the beam 5 for theaverage weight Vof the bale of cotton, the manufacturer'might place a V certain indicia onfthe enlarged 'end' 18of the scale beam, such indicia indicating the point on said 'g1aduationswhere the scale 7 lSfbEllilIlCBCl', it being-understoodof course Zero.v point lofthe. graduations 9 when the bale of cotton is first placed upon the scales. W i vlT fo'm the foregoing description taken in connection withtheaccompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that the invention contemplates' providing adeviceQvvhichis simple in construction, thusreducingthecost of manufacture of the same to a minimum and which isvdurable and effective in carrying out the purpose for which it is designed.

What is claimed is In a scale for weighing bales of cotton;

2, steelyard having a short arm gradib ated for a portion of its length and between its ends, a solid scaleweight adjustable in.

the longjarm of the steelyard, a counterbalance weight on the short arm of said yard having an indicating hand and movable over said graduations, an enlargement.

on the steelyard at one end of the short arm floples of this patent may be obtained for having indicia thereon indicating the graduation with'which said hand mustfregis'ter 'to insure the balancing of the yard when the scale weight is at the meeting ends of the arms, and means on the counterbalance Weight ior locking the same agalnst movement. r

. a In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses. I s

THOMAS WILLIAM GATTIS.

' Witnesses: '7 LEE Summon, BEN ANDERSON;

five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. i 

